Earnings and employment microdata in South Africa

Andrew Kerr and Martin Wittenberg

No wp-2019-47, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Traditionally, analysts of the South African labour market have used household survey data to describe earnings and employment in the post-Apartheid period. More recently, administrative data from the South African Revenue Service has been made available, which allows for comparisons and an assessment of each source and its strengths and weaknesses. There are a number of sources of data, including household surveys, firm surveys, and administrative data, and it can be hard to keep up with all of them.

Keywords: Administrative data; Data sources; Earnings; Survey data; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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